what an honor for us. we have been talking about your story on fox for the the last few days and it's just wonderful to see you in person. you're so cute. i love your dress. >> thank you. >> ainsley: maggie, tell me how you organized this and what that day was like when your daddy came home on halloween. >> oh, well, it was really -- i don't know. >> ainsley: it was special. >> it was special. >> ainsley: everyone getting together. >> yeah, it was, it was really like exciting and you could feel, like 0 that everyone was excited for the homecoming. >> ainsley: i'm sure. and what was it like for you to come see your daughter and all of her friends supporting you, the whole school. >> yeah, certainly was, it was overwhelming, coming from such a small community to have the amount of support that we were shown that day was, it was overwhelming. >> ainsley: did you ever expect all of this to get the national coverage. >> absolutely not. >> ainsley: you deserve it, you were gone, in afghanistan for a year and cam